³⁴ Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate^(A) and you are in the country of your enemies;^(B) then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. ³⁵ All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest^(C) it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.

³⁶ “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf^(D) will put them to flight.^(E) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.^{(F) 37} They will stumble over one another^(G) as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.^{(H) 38} You will perish^(I) among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.^{(J) 39} Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’^(K) sins they will waste away.^(L)

⁶ In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria^(A) captured Samaria^(B) and deported^(C) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan^(D) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

¹⁸ So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence.^(A) Only the tribe of Judah was left,

²¹ There at Riblah,^(A) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.^(B)

So Judah went into captivity,^(C) away from her land.^(D)